3880 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 17 /Tuesday, January 27, 1998 / Notices

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

11.419 Coastal Zone Management Program

Administration.

Dated: January 21, 1998.

Nancy Foster,

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services

and Coastal Zone.

[FR Doc. 98–1937 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 012198A]

Notice of Public Hearings on Individual

Fishing Quotas

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

NMFS will hold three public meetings

on Individual Fishing Quotas (IFQs) in

compliance with the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) as

amended by the Sustainable Fisheries

Act of 1996. The meetings will be held

in the Caribbean, South Atlantic and

Western Pacific Council regions. These

meetings supplement those held by the

National Research Council (NRC) in the

other five Council regions. Hearings

have been scheduled for the Caribbean

and South Atlantic Council regions; the

schedule for the Western Pacific

Council region will be announced at a

later date.

DATES: The public hearing on IFQs for

the Caribbean Council region will be on

February 12, 1998, beginning at 1 p.m.;

for the South Atlantic Council region,

the hearing will be held on March 3,

1998, beginning at 7 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Public hearings on IFQs for

the Caribbean and South Atlantic

Council regions will be held at the

following locations, respectively: the

Marriott’s Frenchman’s Reef Beach

Resort, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands,

telephone: 809–776–8500; Jekyll Island

Club, 371 Riverview Drive, Jekyll Island,

Georgia, telephone: 912–635–2600.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amy Gautam, NMFS, Office of Science

and Technology; telephone: (301)713–

2328.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Participants will be given five minutes

each to provide a statement regarding

any aspect of IFQ implementation

identified in the study requirements of

the Magnuson-Stevens Act. All input

will be provided to the NRC for use in

preparation of its study of a national

policy with respect to IFQs. The date

and location of the public hearing in the

Western Pacific Council region will be

announced.

Dated: January 22, 1998.

William W. Fox, Jr.

Director, Office of Science and Technology,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–1933 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 011698B]

Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Groundfish Management Team (GMT)

will hold a meeting which is open to the

public.

DATES: The meeting will begin on

Monday, February 9, 1998, at 1 p.m. and

will continue through 4 p.m. Thursday,

February 12, 1998. The Tuesday and

Wednesday sessions will begin at 8 a.m.

and may go into the evening until

business for the day is completed. An

opportunity for public comment will be

provided at 4 p.m. each day of the

meeting and 3 p.m. on Thursday.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the conference room at the Council

office, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite

224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Glock, Groundfish Fishery Management

Coordinator; telephone: (503) 326–6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the meeting is to develop a

work plan for 1998 and to prepare

technical advice and reports to support

Council decisions throughout the year.

Specific issues the GMT will address

include: (1) discuss proposed revisions

to the stock assessment process and

appoint representatives to track the

various assessments; (2) prepare a work

plan for 1998 GMT activities; (3)

prepare and review sections of the draft

groundfish fishery management plan

amendment; (4) review methodology for

developing inseason catch projections;

(5) prepare recommendations related to

groundfish research and data needs; (6)

evaluate data and analysis requirements

related to lingcod and rockfish

allocation and management, and begin

preparation of the analysis; (7) discuss

issues related to a groundfish vessel/

permit buy-back program; (8) evaluate

Pacific grenadier and rockfish landings

trends; and (9) prepare a groundfish

economic data plan. The GMT plans to

address topics in the order listed but

will consider developing daily

schedules as the meeting progresses.

Due to the large number of agenda

items, the GMT economic subgroup may

meet separately and concurrently on

Wednesday; it is not practical to

establish daily agendas or schedules in

advance of the meeting.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before the

GMT for discussion, in accordance with

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues will not be the subject of

formal GMT action during this meeting.

GMT action will be restricted to those

issues specifically identified in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr.

Eric Greene at (503) 326–6352 at least 5

days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–1831 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 011698A]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit (PHF# 881–1443)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Alaska SeaLife Center, P.O. Box

1239, Seward, AK 99664, has applied in

due form for a permit to take Steller sea

lions (Eumetopias jubatus) and harbor

seals (Phoca vitulina) for purposes of

scientific research.